The Dutch government is investigating Iran’s role in the hacking of Dutch state websites, reports Reuters. These websites were hacked after the incident of digital certificates theft reported a few days back.
Dutch Interior Ministry spokesman Vincent van Steen, while talking on the issue, declined to give details whether Iranian authorities were contacted. However, he confirmed that cabinet was exploring whether the Iranian government had a role in breaking into Dutch government websites. The …

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About 75,000 students, faculty and staff of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are affected hacking of a computer system maintained by the school, a report from Journal Sentinel reveals.

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According to the report, University of Wisconsin announced the break of a computer system of the school on Wednesday and said that current and past students as well as …

After Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) revealed on Monday that it is cooperating with British authorities investigating the riots in London, hacker group TeaMpoisoN has apparently attacked and infiltrated the RIM-operated Inside BlackBerry blog.

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On Monday, RIM released the following statement:
“We feel for those impacted by this weekend’s riots in London. We have engaged with the authorities to assist in any way we can. As in all markets around …

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Security firms Kaspersky Lab and Symantec has revealed their doubts about the scale of what McAfee revealed at the Black Hat convention as the biggest cyber attack the world has ever seen to date.
According to a report from PC World, Alex Gostev, Kaspersky’s chief security expert, has told them that there is certainly doubt about it being the biggest cyber attack in history.
“The …

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A security specialist who experimented on his own insulin monitor and pump has found that a hacker can gain access into these types of equipment and control it, a report from The Associated Press says.
Jay Radcliffe presented his findings about insulin monitors and pumps at the Black Hat computer security conference held in Las Vegas but also granted the AP access to his data before his …

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The Anonymous hacker group’s AntiSec group/campaign has retaliated for the string of arrests of suspected members of the group via a massive hacking campaign and data dump announced by the group on Saturday.
The AntiSec data dump comes after “a week after we defaced and destroyed the websites of over 70 law enforcement agencies,” the group says.
The massive leak of data includes over …

Microsoft on Wednesday announced the BlueHat Prize, a competition for security researchers with a $200,000 grand prize award for anyone who develops a new and innovative computer security protection technology.
All in all, the BlueHat Prize offers more than $250,000 in cash rewards as Microsoft reveals that the prizes include: “$200,000 for the grand prize, $50,000 for second place and an MSDN Universal subscription valued at $10,000 for third place.”
The BlueHat Prize was announced by …

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The People’s Republic of China is seen as likely the “state actor” behind a string of cyber attacks conducted during the past five years and is dubbed as the world’s largest cyber attack ever, a report from Reuters and various other reports reveal.
Revealed by security firm McAfee, the cyber attacks codenamed “Operation Shady RAT” for Remote Access Tool are said to have been …

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The teenage boy arrested last week in Scotland and charged Sunday for allegedly serving as the spokesman for hacker collectives Lulz Security (LulzSec) and Anonymous has been released on bail Monday.
According to reports, Jake Davis, 18, was released by London’s City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court but will be required to wear an ankle-fitted trace device and stay at his …

Hacker collective and digital activism group Anonymous has hit and took control of the Twitter account of Anders Behring Breivik, the self-confessed perpetrator of what is now popularly being called the 2011 Norway Attacks.

Anders Behring Breivik

Breivik, a far-right extremist, carried out two terrorist attacks in Norway last July 22. First was a bombing in Oslo which killed eight people and critically wounded 10 and the second was an attack at a youth camp at Utøya island where 69 people, …